Govt decides fresh probe into Hudaibiya Paper Mills case: Fawad
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Govt directs institutions to probe Hudaibiya Paper Mills case
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain has said that the federal government has decided a fresh probe into the Hudaibiya Paper Mills case.
Fawad Chaudhry in a statement on Twitter said that the legal team gave a detailed briefing to Prime Minister Imran Khan today (Monday) regarding the cases of PML-N president Mian Shehbaz Sharif.
He said that the government decided that the case of Hudaibiya Paper Mills needed a fresh investigation and in this regard, the concerned agencies are being asked to reopen the investigation.
More than 100 violations observed in NA-249 by-elections, says FAFEN
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People are queued up at a polling station waiting for their turn to cast their vote during by-elections in NA-249, in Karachi, on April 29, 2021. Online/Sabir Mazhar/File
More than 100 violations of election laws were observed during the April 29 NA-249 by-elections in Karachi, the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) said in a detailed report on the polls on Friday. On election day, FAFEN s trained citizen observers reported 143 violations, of which 55 related to the presence of party camps in the polling stations surroundings, the report said.
In 11 instances, the polling staff did not allow voters to cast votes and sent them back, the report said, adding that at 19 polling stations, the observers saw that COVID-19 SOPs were not implemented at all.
FAFEN reports 143 violations during NA-249 by-elections
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55 of 143 violations are related to the presence of party camps in the polling stations surroundings, says FAFEN.
On average, the observers reported 1.3 violations per polling station, says FAFEN.
Observers reported polling process was generally well organised at the polling stations observed.
The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) reported 143 violations of election laws during the April 29 NA-249 by-elections in Karachi, in a detailed report on the polls released Friday. On election day, FAFEN s trained citizen observers reported 143 violations, of which 55 related to the presence of party camps in the polling stations surroundings, the report said.
FAFEN reports irregularities in NA-249 by-election
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FAFEN releases report on NA-249 by-election
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has released a report on the NA-249 by-elections in Karachi
According to the report, the NA-249 Karachi West-II by-election on April 29 saw a substantial decline in voter turnout, mainly due to the hot weather and Ramzan. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) ensured strict compliance to the COVID-19 standard operating procedures. Despite a competitive campaign, the poll recorded a turnout of 21.6 percent of registered voters dropping from 40 percent reported for the constituency during General Elections 2018.
FIA former DG Bashir Memon gestures in an interview with journalist Matiullah Jan (not pictured). Photo courtesy screengrab from video on Matiullah Jan s YouTube channel/File
Politics is in a whirl and it is raining news. There is subdued breathlessness in the federal capital as random events struggle to draw a pattern any pattern that might explain that someone is holding a brush to the canvas. Do the dots, in fact, connect?
Try weave a pattern through these ten rather specific, and rather recent, points of particular interest:
1. Jahangir Tareen has made a point. His supporters met Prime Minister Imran Khan and urged him to provide relief. They got two gifts: removal of the FIA officer investigating the Tareen case, and a prime ministerial order to his aide Senator Ali Zafar to compile a report on the merits and demerits, if any, of the Tareen case. Yet, the root cause of tension between Tareen and the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) remains unaddressed. Inside the Red